HALLOWEEN: Spooky Pasta Recipes

Add some food fun to your Halloween with these two pasta recipes from Certified Angus Beef. RECIPE: SPOOKETTI & MEATBALLS Ingredients 1 pound ground beef 1 eggs 1/2 cup breadcrumbs 1/4 cup ketchup 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1/2 tablespoon dried oregano 1/2 tablespoon dried basil 1 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Polska Foods Pierogi

Today is National Pierogi Day. How we miss the pierogi of our youth. Now that Nana is gone, we have searched in vain in both stores and restaurants to recapture the glory of her homemade pierogi. Finally, we’ve found it with the excellent pierogi from Polska Foods. Yes, they are pierogis that are as good…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 50+ Ways To Eat Pierogi

October 8th is National Pierogi Day. Pierogi* are dumplings of Central and Eastern European origin, traditionally stuffed with cheese, fruit, ground meat, mashed potato or sauerkraut. They can be served boiled baked or fried/sautéed, usually in butter with sautéed onions. Pierogi is the Polish word. In Russian the term is pelmeni (don’t confuse pierogi with…
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PRODUCT: A Better Pasta Sauce From Vino De Milo

You won’t find more nutritious pasta sauce than this! Photo courtesy Vino de Milo.   We first discovered Vino de Milo in 2005. It was a new line of gourmet tomato sauces for pasta and other dishes. Each flavor had a different wine in the recipe. It was a delight atop our pasta, chicken, eggs…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Turn Leftover Pasta Into Antipasto Salad

For lunch or a light dinner: antipasto salad. Photo courtesy Melissas.   Turn your leftover pasta into an antipasto salad. You can boil the pasta from scratch, but whenever we make short cut pasta for a hot dish, we make extra for a cold pasta salad later in the week. You can customize the recipe…
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